1, the basic format of MLA. Generally speaking, the basic citation format of MLA needs to write the last name and page number of the cited author in brackets. For example, (Hawkins20 1) means that the content we quoted in this article comes from page 20 1 of a work by Hawkins. If we mention the author's name in the article, we just need to mark the page number in brackets after the quotation. In this case, there is no need to reiterate the author's name again.

2. The format of multi-author citation. When we meet two authors in the same citation, we only need to connect them with and, such as (Hawkinsandsschreiber 20 1), which means that the content we quoted comes from the 20th1page of a work edited by Hawkins and Schreiber at the same time. Similarly, if the names of two authors have been mentioned in the text, what should I do if I encounter the same quotation from more than two authors? At this time, we only need to write the first author in the quotation, but we must add "etal" after the first author. Here you are. "Al" is used to indicate that there are other authors whose names are not listed besides the author.